Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 2, 1972 Page: 16 of 24
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THURSDAY*, NOVEMBER 2, 1972 THE RIO GRANDE HERALD PAGE 16
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Kika honors Starr's Maria Elena Rodriguez
Thirty two outstanding 4-
H'ers from South Texas, inclu-
ding a boy and girl from Starr
County, were presented both
Gold Star pins and some words
of wisdom by Rep. Kika de la
Garza at the annual District 12
awards luncheon last week.
Dressed in their best and sit-
ting at one huge table the Gold
Star honorees from each of 16
counties advanced by twos to
the front to have the coveted
gold emblem affixed by the U.
S. congressman as the high-
lights of their 4-H careers were
tolled by District Council rep-
resentatives Maria Elena Ro-
driguez, Starr County, and Ben
Cowan of Cameron County.
A gathering of 150, including
four state legislators, parents,
adult leaders, news media and
Texas Agricultural Extension
Service professionals, applaud-
ed appreciatively as Nina Sal-
inas and Tony Resendez were
officially recognized as the top
4-H'ers in Starr County for
1972.
There is no higher honor in
4-H at the county level than the
Gold Star award.
District Extension Agent J.D.
Selman, Weslaco, assisted de la
Garza with the presentations.
Mixing a little light hearted
reminiscence with a lot of phil-
osophy the Valloy native told the
honorees they could reach any
goals they might set as long as
the political climate is right.
"And it is right in the United
States," he emphasized. "What-
ever you are and want to be is
within your power to control,
unlike in some other countries
where Individuals are denied
opportunities because of their
names, where they live, lack of
political influence or their pro-
fession."
The self-described ex-shoe-
shine boy from Mission grum-
bled good naturedly about the
prominence enjoyed by coach
Tom Landry of the Cowboys
since winning the Super Bowl.
"Until that happened I had
been Mission's High's No. 1
graduate. Right after the Super
Bowl they named him Man of
the Year in Mission. It's almost
enough to make me start root-
ing for the Washington Red-
skins."
The congressman challeised
the press to give the meeting
Page 1 coverage like they would
if that many kids had gotten to-
gether for other purposes.
"If 32 students had called a
protest strike, stolen some cars
or been caught smoking pot
there would be great headlines
in all the papers for sure. But
I'm not so certain that a gather-
ing of 32 of our finest kids at
an event like this will rate that
kind of attention."
Leaving no doubts about his
own feelings de la Garza salut-
ed them with "we're terribly
proud of you guys and gals"
and concluded with a quotation
from Thomas Wolfe, "To eve-
ry man his chance . .. his shin-
ing golden opportunity."
Dale Cumberland, Kleberg
County, chairman of the Dis-
trict Council, was master of
ceremonies. Other Council par-
ticipants were Mag Coughran,
McMullen County; Ronny Blake-
ly, Hidalgo County, and Eliza-
berth Hrncir, Nueces County.
The lunch was sponsored by
Central Power and Light Co.
PAN AM from Page 14
Arnulfo Martinez
Miguel Nevarez
T. Ijawrenee White
or not the brick arrived.
In a final matter Dr.Schilling
commented on a projected en-
rollment figure mentioned by
the school's architect, Kenneth
Bentsen, of Houston, at the re-
gent's meeting.
Bentsen said he expected 11,
000 students to be enrolled at
the school by 1070, the planned
date for the completion of the
Phase II building projects.
Dr. Schilling said this was a
revised estimate from his last
meeting when it was estimated
the enrollment might be 12,000
students by 1980.
"Mr. Bentsen has been with-
in one-tenth of one per cent
correct in his previous projec-
tions," Dr. Schilling said. Bent-
sens' latest figure is a projec-
tion of 11,043 students by 1970.
Dr. Schilling said one of the
appropriations to be requested
of the state legislature includes
the cost of remodeling the old
administration building on the
old campus.' 'We're going to ask
the legislature for it to be re-
modeled into a classroom and
office building," Dr. Schilling
said.
"With this projected enroll-
ment we have realized we are
going to have to utilize the old
campus," Dr. Schilling said,
"at least until this enrollment
figure levels off."
Dr. Schilling said the school
now has slightly more than 200
acres of land and that this a-
mount is comparable to other
schools in the state system with
enrollments of 12,000.
When asked if there had ever
been any consideration of pos-
sible long-range expansion
plans for establishing branch
campuses in other Valley towns,
Dr. Schilling replied, "If a
branch campus is called for we
will be most receptive to es-
tablishing it. Hut again," he
said, "it must lie approved by
the state coordinating board.
a moment in history
of Rio Grande City..
| 18th. U. S. Cavalry going in to service
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on the border.
Rio Grande. Tex.
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GOING TO SERVICE — When the 10th Calvary was stationed in
Rio Grande City one of the oldest settlements in Starr County
they had to cover the area between Brownsville and Laredo.
Back then it was nothing but bandits, dusty trails, and hard
work. Pictured above is the 16th going off on one of their manv
trips up and down the border ... We thank the men of the 16th
for making this a rich historical part of our country m
Grande City ... mo
THE FIRST STATE BANK
AND TRUST COMPANY
FREMONT, TEXAS
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Trejo, Raul. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 2, 1972, newspaper, November 2, 1972; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194379/m1/16/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.